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ingrate

🇬🇧 UK/in'greit/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

A person who is ungrateful and shows no appreciation for kindness received

忘恩负义的人

adj.

Ungrateful; showing no appreciation

忘恩负义的;不知感恩的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
innot, opposite of
+
gratgrace, favor, thanks, pleasing
+
esuffix
=ingrate

Common Collocations

  • 1.ungrateful ingrate不知感恩的忘恩负义者
  • 2.ungracious ingrate无礼的忘恩负义者
  • 3.[such an] ingrate[多么]忘恩负义的人

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He was an ingrate who never appreciated his parents' sacrifices for him.

  • 2.

    The ungrateful child was called an ingrate by those who helped her.

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